Today in the News: Airline union warns of possible terror attack

Thursday

Oct 10, 2013 at 5:05 PM

News on a US Airlines Pilots Association memo on terrorists, the budget battle and Ariel Castro.

Quote of note

"There have been several cases recently throughout the (airline) industry of what appear to be probes, or dry runs, to test our procedures and reaction to an in-flight threat." - Internal memo from the US Airlines Pilots Association about new 9/11-style threats. USA Today reports that many in the airline industry believe terrorists will try plane attacks again and that test runs have happened recently.

News to know

A breakthrough occurred in the budget battles today, as House Speaker John Boehner said Republicans are willing to approve a temporary increase in borrowing in order to skirt a disaster with the debt ceiling. They in turn want President Barack Obama to have discussions about making cuts in the federal budget.

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